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Kenya National Youth and Cadet Chess Championship Playoffs - U16 Open

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18 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 10 Apr 2026 to 13 Apr 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. Top 10 Elo average was 1718, and top seed was Kuka Kyle (🇰🇪 KEN, 2029).

Kuka Kyle (🇰🇪 KEN, 2029) won with 9.0/11, ahead of Elvis Muigai Kamau (9.0) and Jesse Fabian (8.0). Kyle shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Elvis Muigai Kamau (1563) beat Kuka Kyle (2029), a +466-point gap.

Location
🇰🇪Nairobi, Kenya
Dates
10 Apr 2026 → 13 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇰🇪Kuka Kyle2029
Avg top 10
1,718
Participants
18
Federations · 1 represented
🇰🇪Kenya×18
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R11; 2 players tied at 9.0/11, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
7
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11
Kamau9Kyle9Fabian8Onyango6.5Kanyuithia6.5Kariuki6
R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 9.0/11. Kyle takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (64.0).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Elvis Muigai Kamau beat Kuka Kyle (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Elvis Muigai Kamau 6 wins (R6–R11)Kuka Kyle 3 wins (R4–R6)Jesse Fabian 4 wins (R5–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Elvis Muigai Kamau*
1
1
0
2Kuka Kyle
0
*
1
1
3Jesse Fabian
0
0
*
1
4Magor Marcarius Onyango
1
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kuka Kyle2029KEN+5B+6N=4B+3N+10B+11N−2B+12N+13B=7N+8B9.064.069.053.751942-28.8
2Elvis Muigai Kamau1563KEN+13N=8B+3B=4N−5B+14N+1N+9B+10N+12B+6B9.063.568.055.251950+207.6
3Jesse Fabian1739KEN+12N+17B−2N−1B+13N+5N+4B+7B=6N+14N=18B8.059.560.038.751825+48.0
4Muchoki Trevor Kanyuithia1803KEN+9N+10B=1N=2B−11N+6B−3N=5N−7B+16B+15N6.566.069.537.751684-58.4
5Magor Marcarius Onyango1586KEN−1N+16B+17N+13B+2N−3B+10N=4B=12B−6N=7B6.563.565.533.751727+79.2
6Abel Taji1666KEN+16N−1B+12N−10B=8B−4N+18B+11N=3B+5B−2N6.064.565.028.001711+21.6
7Adiel Kipkorir1528KEN−10N+9B−13N−12B+18N+15B+8B−3N+4N=1B=5N6.062.062.531.251694+81.6
8Kahara Ethan Kariuki1731KEN=14B=2N−15B+17B=6N+13B−7N+16N=9B+10B−1N6.059.061.028.751707-11.2
9Ochieng Kennedy1569KEN−4B−7N+16B−11B=17N+18N+14B−2N=8N+15B+12N6.052.553.022.001599+14.4
10Mich Jayden1650KEN+7B−4N+14B+6N−1N=12B−5B+15N−2B−8N+17B5.563.065.025.501615-24.4
11Nevin Nduati Mwangi1600KEN=15B−14N+18B+9N+4B−1B−12N−6B−16N+17B+13N5.552.052.522.251656+24.4
12Muthumbi Richard1557KEN−3B+18N−6B+7N+14B=10N+11B−1B=5N−2N−9B5.066.066.522.501604+24.8
13Adrian Ongeri1751KEN−2B+15N+7B−5N−3B−8N+16B+17N−1N+18B−11B5.060.060.516.501571-96.8
14Dylan Maina Muraguri1556KEN=8N+11B−10N+15B−12N−2B−9N+18B+17N−3B−16N4.555.055.515.501496-33.2
15Rodrick Omar Wawire0KEN=11N−13B+8N−14N+16B−7N+17B−10B+18N−9N−4B4.550.551.014.7515570.0
16Kagambi, Jeremiah1545KEN−6B−5N−9N+18B−15N=17B−13N−8B+11B−4N+14B3.552.553.011.501527-12.4
17KipkoECH Hekima1489KEN+18B−3N−5B−8N=9B=16N−15N−13B−14B−11N−10N2.055.055.55.251395-44.8
18Namosa Nicholas1621KEN−17N−12B−11N−16N−7B−9B−6N−14N−15B−13N=3N0.554.056.04.001130-191.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets